Peng 2001.

Methods	Randomised clinical trial, China
Participants	22 hospitalised adults admitted with severe burn injuries (TBSA > 50%), at nutritional risk due to trauma Male:Female = 15:7 Mean age = 31 years Exclusion criteria: moderate‐to‐severe inhalation injury, diarrhoea or ileus
Interventions	Experimental group: Early enteral feeding. Participants were given ENSURE (carbohydrate 54.5%, protein 14%, lipid 31.5%) oral or nasal feeding. 78 ‐ 80 ml/3hr, 0.75 Kcal/ml in first 24 hrs after burn, 100 ‐ 150 ml/3hr, 0.75 ‐ 1 Kcal/ml within the next 24 hrs.(n = 13) Control group: Delayed enteral feeding. Oral liquid diet 48 hrs after burn(n = 9) Co‐intervention: Conventional therapy
Outcomes	Plasma, endotoxin TNF‐α, urine mannitol, urinary lactulose
Study dates	Not stated
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Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Participants and personnel were not blinded.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	The number of participants with incomplete data was not reported.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	No protocol could be obtained and the trial did not report on all‐cause mortality or serious adverse events.
For‐profit bias	Unclear risk	It was unclear how the trial was funded.
Other bias	Low risk	The trial appeared to be free of other components that could put it at risk of bias.